Solar eclipse: How to make your own pinhole viewer for the event #news #eclipse #craft #shorts

The excitement is continuing to build ahead of the solar eclipse on Wednesday.But a reminder, you must never look directly at the solar eclipse.There's only two safe ways to view the eclipse.One would be using a specially approved pair of solar eclipse glasses like these, which you can order online.However, It might be too late to get them in time now.So your second option would be to make a pinhole projector, which is really easy to make and that's what I'm here for.

I'm going to show you how, so let's get crafty.

This is everything that you will need.It's mostly stuff found around the home.A cereal box or any cardboard box.I've wrapped this one in paper just to make it look a little bit nicer.Some tin foil, some bits of paper, sellotape, scissors and some drawing pins.First, take a cereal box and trace the bottom on a white piece of paper.

Cut that out, then tape that piece of paper to the inside bottom of your box.Next, cut out a square on the top left and top right of the box, and then seal the middle.Now take a piece of tin foil and cover the left top open corner, seal that down, then poke a tiny hole in the middle of the foil.You don't need the sign, but I find it helpful.And you're done!You point the box to the ground with the sun behind you and you'll indirectly see the projection of the eclipse in the bottom of the box.